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Cows Breakfast in Bed

ByJon March 26, 2017

The boys were just chilling this morning in the lovely spring sunshine. Herbie couldn’t even be bothered to get up to eat his breakfast. Is this cows breakfast in bed?

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Sparrow Hawk
ByJon June 2, 2023July 9, 2023

This male sparrow hawk has had a lucky escape thanks to the staff at the City Hospital, Nottinghamshire Fire Brigade and ourselves. He was found hanging pretty much upside down in a tree, in fact he was glued to the leaves by the ousing sap, he tried but could not escape the sticky leaves. We…

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Rabbits, Rabbits, Rabbits
ByJon January 31, 2015

The dire situation with unwanted pets never seems to improve, there is a myth that we are a nation of animals lovers, unfortunately after running an animal sanctuary for almost 7 years now, we could can dispel that myth. Every single day we receive calls to take on unwanted animals, the majority of which we…

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Our New Tractor Arrives
ByJon February 21, 2016

We have been putting aside funds for a while now, to buy a tractor and make life a little easier at the sanctuary. This week we finally took delivery of our 35 year old David Brown which has been lovingly restored, Vera as we have named her is a real beauty. Vera will be used…

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Greylag Goose Release
ByJon July 3, 2021

We took this greylag in a few weeks ago, today he was released back into the wild where he came from.He was admitted as he had poor use of one leg, he could hardly walk. X-rays revealed an old injury to the good leg, a shotgun pellet embedded in the leg and an old bone…

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175 Ex-Battery Hens Rescued
ByJon July 26, 2011

In the past couple of weeks we have rescued another 175 battery hens, this includes 100 from Wales, in collaboration with the British Hen Welfare Trust. Battery hens, just like free range hens, are sent for slaughter at around 18 months old, they are replaced with younger hens to keep farms’ egg production rates high. The 175…

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Sponsored bike ride [updated]
ByMatt Moles November 6, 2010

Updated 6 Nov 2010: We completed the sponsored bike ride in the planned time of 17 days. Fortunately we didn’t have any punctures or any other mechanical problems along the way. Ian’s navigating was surprisingly ok and he only got us lost a couple of times. The weather was pretty good with only a couple…

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